Oh how silly of me! Of course it is! I have no clue why that didn't click?! Although at that point we'd not been to see the Gruffalo, we only went to find him after parkrun! 🙃 Sorry for the tears but thanks for caring ❤️
Having a little cry for you like the big old softie that I am - I remember you talking about Ben way back in TPS days. What a lovely celebratory day you had, even though the views did disappear a bit!
Oh Katie 🤗 thanks so much for caring 🥰 yeah it's definitely easier to have happy memories and celebrate Ben on his birthday than on other days... Like our wedding anniversary or something. We picked the perfect place to go, it was honestly amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
Loved this video. You & Poppy always have so much fun. Days like this are absolutely priceless. Life long, happy memories created. John the marshal made me laugh. Downhill for the first 300 meters..... and then it's not. 😆🤣 All you can eat breakfast sounds like the perfect ParkRun preparation. I'll have to try that myself. What a stunning place to run. What a lovely tribute for you to wear Ben's 50 & 100 ParkRun shirts. Still only 45 years old - so young. RIP Ben.
I know, ridiculously young. Ben was 38 when he died 💔😭😭😭💔 Poppy is my girl!!! 🥰 We have so much fun because life is so short and so we try to make the most of everything... Wait until you see this week's parkrun video 🤦♀️😂 John was an absolute legend! Perfect description... Then it's not meant then you face a really tough mile uphill 🤣 worth it for the view though! 😍
@@NicolaRuns Beyond heartbreaking. Living each day to the full is the perfect way to celebrate Ben’s life. Hope Poppy realises how lucky she is. The bond you have is so special.
Oh my goodness what a lovely thing to say. Thank you Toby 🥰 you're right to have it on your bucket list as it's just incredible. Half of the beauty being the surroundings and the other half being the people 🤗
Wonderful tribute to Ben. And what a wonderful place for a parkrun. Whinlatter is one of my favourite places. And you can really see Ben in Poppy. Until next time, take care.
Thank you so much. I'm definitely all about creating happy memories for Poppy and hope to create places where Poppy feels close to her daddy even if they were never there together if that makes sense 🤗❤️
I've been a pod listener since the first days of the parkrun show, but really enjoy that the videos allow us to see a bit more of your relationship with Poppy. Ben would be very proud of you both.
Thank you so much David, I hope he would be 🥰 I'm pleased you're enjoying the videos and wow, you've been on a journey with me if you've been a listener since then! A lot has happened both good and bad ❤️
Do you think? 🥰 I love it when people say that as I think it can be hard to see for yourself when it's your own child but a few people have said it now which is so lovely! It's a beautiful parkrun and we couldn't have picked anywhere better to celebrate Ben's birthday ❤️❤️❤️
What a wonderful vlog. I love that tshirt, John is wearing . I would be too worried that it might fade and people might get lost. Sonia is epic!! YAY, Thank you volunteers. What amazing views?!! John is epic!!! YAY!!! you found the Gruffalo! That was really wet. Well done Poppy!! That's a lot of breakfast. Thank you for sharing your lovely day! Ben would be so proud. What a wonderful way to celebrate a very special day!
Thank you for your beautiful words 🥰 Honestly Drew... The team at Whinlatter are 👌 just incredible. Totally reason enough to go there... And then the forest and the views... Just perfection! It was the perfect place to go to remember Ben ❤️❤️❤️
I can see where Poppy gets her cheeky grin from! How cool is that composite photo of the three of you at the end. Oh, and this must be one of the most beautiful parkrun locations I've seen too.
I wished I could see more of Ben in Poppy but it's something other people see lots but I struggle to see. The parkrun is honestly just BEAUTIFUL! 😍 And the team are so welcoming and just wonderful 🤗
@@NicolaRuns it's weird, when Elliot was little he would flip between looking more like me or Sal. Now he's getting bigger he's becoming him but we still get glimpses of one or other of us when he makes a particular face. It's lovely that this was Poppy's same parkrun number as Ben's total. You saying the huge t-shirts were like getting a big hug made me think it's as if Ben's sending her off on her own parkrun adventure now 🤗💛
What a beautiful tribute to your Ben. He lives on in Poppy that’s for sure. He would be so proud of the pair of you ❤️ stunning parkrun location too. Thanks for this video it made me both smile and cry xx
Oh Susie ❤️ thank you. Sorry for the tears but life is tough sometimes. That's why we always try to do something really positive on Ben's birthday because then it's something happy and it's creating memories for Poppy that, whilst Ben wasn't there, he was the reason we were there and that's really important 🥰 and you're right, the location was stunning, we couldn't have picked anywhere better to celebrate Ben's birthday 😍
Thank you 🥰 I'm trying to fight the temptation to add Ben to loads of photos of me and Poppy. There's something so lovely about seeing Ben with Poppy as a child. Poppy was only 2 when he died so it's really comforting for me to look at this. I didn't anticipate feeling that when I asked a friend to Photoshop it for us. Thank you for caring ❤️
I properly loved this, what an amazing parkrun. I am in awe of how you put these fantastic adventures together and capture them on film, so much positivity. What an amazing archive for Poppy to look back on in the future. Johns t-shirt! Genius and what a lovely team of volunteers. The route is gorgeous, the hugs in a parkrun top properly moving and the photos of you and Poppy and Ben and all together at the end properly had me in tears. Thanks for sharing. I love your vlogs, they are always moving and insightful, a treasure trove of captured memories.
Oh Lucy 🤗 thank you so much for taking the time to write this! How lovely 🥰 I'm so pleased you enjoy my videos and thank you for your beautiful words... Sorry it made you cry! I wish we had more videos with Ben, that's one of the reasons I love making them, it'll be nice for Poppy in the future ❤️❤️❤️ The team at Whinlatter were just incredible!!! The perfect place to celebrate Ben's birthday and remember happy memories 🥰
What a wonderful video Nicola. Stunning location (I LOVE the Lakes) and a lovely tribute. I'm sure Ben would be super proud of both you and Poppy - lovely photo created with the three of you, one to cherish
Thanks Rich, that's a lovely thing to say 🥰 I hope so 🤗 the lakes are definitely a special place to be and parkrunning there just makes it even better! 😃
Ste and I really enjoyed this video of our favourite parkrun. I always stop to take photos of the views, and we often end up at Siskins twice when we do a walk afterwards! Next time you visit I recommend doing an Alpaca walk with Alpacaly Ever After, they are really fun!
Oh wow! Didn't know you could do that!!! It's the parkrun that just keeps giving ❤️❤️❤️ thanks for the recommendation. I totally see why it's your favourite 😍
What a great video - a wonderful way to make memories together and remember Ben on his birthday. And thank you for the reminders of Whinlatter - we were staying in Thornthwaite just before parkrun's return so missed doing it, but visited for walking and biking. Really want to go back to do the parkrun now!
Thank you 🤗 Oh yes, you should definitely go back at some point to parkrun as the team are worth the visit alone but it's awesome that you got to experience the forest anyway 🥰
Wonderful tribute, thank you for sharing. Lovely to see you had a great time. Might leave it a while longer before I go to Whinlatter Forest parkrun... (says he off to see the gruffalo in Hamsterley Forest this parkrunday).
Thank you 🤗 Well I'd recommend going in summer so there's a higher chance you'll get the stunning views so waiting a while is just perfect 😃 you're getting your Gruffalo fix this weekend anyway 🤷🏻♀️🤣
Yay! Job done 😃 although TBF it kind of sells itself really 😍 you'll love it when you go, just forget that you're being timed and stop to enjoy where you are because 🤩🤩🤩
Aww Nicola this is just lovely! They are an amazing team at Whinlatter Forest (it has a special place in my heart as it was my first 5k activation as an event support ambassador) and I'm so glad you guys had a great day x
It's my local park run well one of 3 really . Think it's a great one for to get started on if you fancy fell running . Really pleased you enjoyed it hopefully see you again up there
You're super lucky then! I would LOVE to be closer to this parkrun! What a glorious place to be 😍 the forest and the views and the people ❤️❤️❤️ I'd absolutely love to come back... Maybe in warmer weather! 😃
@@NicolaRuns There is good parking, a Grufallo Trail and a Go Ape, so is really geared nicely for the children, you can rent bikes and there’s a great cafe there, sadly no views but the parkrun route is nice and hilly. I recommend it when I need a tough run but is mainly on good paths. ☺️. Worth a visit if in the area!..
A lovely tribute and Poppy is so lucky to have a mum who finds joy in everything - even a Premier Inn door handle!
Oh Susan ❤️❤️❤️ this made me laugh so much 🤣 and made me feel a little bit silly/crazy... but in a good way. Thank you 🤗
Not just any owl, but the owl from The Gruffalo!
And now I'm crying after that. 😘
Oh how silly of me! Of course it is! I have no clue why that didn't click?! Although at that point we'd not been to see the Gruffalo, we only went to find him after parkrun! 🙃 Sorry for the tears but thanks for caring ❤️
Having a little cry for you like the big old softie that I am - I remember you talking about Ben way back in TPS days. What a lovely celebratory day you had, even though the views did disappear a bit!
Oh Katie 🤗 thanks so much for caring 🥰 yeah it's definitely easier to have happy memories and celebrate Ben on his birthday than on other days... Like our wedding anniversary or something. We picked the perfect place to go, it was honestly amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
Just lovely! Don’t lose your spark of positivity, your daughter is very lucky to have you
Thank you so much, I'm very lucky to have her too 🥰
Ben would be so proud of you Nicola, your Poppy is the splitting image of her father a lovely reminder he is always in your heart.
Thank you, that's so lovely ❤️
Love that you wore Ben’s 100 tee
It was HUGE! 🤗🤗🤗 Like a hug 🥰
Loved this video. You & Poppy always have so much fun. Days like this are absolutely priceless. Life long, happy memories created.
John the marshal made me laugh. Downhill for the first 300 meters..... and then it's not. 😆🤣
All you can eat breakfast sounds like the perfect ParkRun preparation. I'll have to try that myself.
What a stunning place to run. What a lovely tribute for you to wear Ben's 50 & 100 ParkRun shirts. Still only 45 years old - so young. RIP Ben.
I know, ridiculously young. Ben was 38 when he died 💔😭😭😭💔
Poppy is my girl!!! 🥰 We have so much fun because life is so short and so we try to make the most of everything... Wait until you see this week's parkrun video 🤦♀️😂 John was an absolute legend! Perfect description... Then it's not meant then you face a really tough mile uphill 🤣 worth it for the view though! 😍
@@NicolaRuns Beyond heartbreaking. Living each day to the full is the perfect way to celebrate Ben’s life. Hope Poppy realises how lucky she is. The bond you have is so special.
@@MrCol104 thank you ❤️❤️❤️
You're a great mum. Bucket list course for me
Oh my goodness what a lovely thing to say. Thank you Toby 🥰 you're right to have it on your bucket list as it's just incredible. Half of the beauty being the surroundings and the other half being the people 🤗
What a fitting way to spend Ben's birthday - thinking of you both. Thanks for sharing.
It was just the perfect thing to do for his birthday 🤗 thanks Barnaby ☺️
Wonderful tribute to Ben. And what a wonderful place for a parkrun. Whinlatter is one of my favourite places. And you can really see Ben in Poppy. Until next time, take care.
Thank you 😃 Awwww I hope so. I can't see it but other people say the likeness is there ❤️ it was a perfect day, just beautiful in every way 🤗
A beautiful tribute at a glorious parkrun.
Thank you 🥰
Great video 💛
Thank you 😃💛💛💛
A sincere Thankyou for sharing your experience. Something for you guys to fondly look back on.
Thank you so much. I'm definitely all about creating happy memories for Poppy and hope to create places where Poppy feels close to her daddy even if they were never there together if that makes sense 🤗❤️
Just lovely and looking forward to my visit in the summer
Ooh I really hope you get a good day for it! It's such a glorious place to be! 😍😍😍
I've been a pod listener since the first days of the parkrun show, but really enjoy that the videos allow us to see a bit more of your relationship with Poppy. Ben would be very proud of you both.
Thank you so much David, I hope he would be 🥰 I'm pleased you're enjoying the videos and wow, you've been on a journey with me if you've been a listener since then! A lot has happened both good and bad ❤️
My goodness, Poppy is the image of her Dad! What a marvelous day, looks beautiful there.
Do you think? 🥰 I love it when people say that as I think it can be hard to see for yourself when it's your own child but a few people have said it now which is so lovely! It's a beautiful parkrun and we couldn't have picked anywhere better to celebrate Ben's birthday ❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful 🥰
Isn't it just! We were so lucky to run in such a place 🥰
What a wonderful vlog. I love that tshirt, John is wearing . I would be too worried that it might fade and people might get lost. Sonia is epic!! YAY, Thank you volunteers. What amazing views?!! John is epic!!!
YAY!!! you found the Gruffalo! That was really wet. Well done Poppy!! That's a lot of breakfast.
Thank you for sharing your lovely day! Ben would be so proud. What a wonderful way to celebrate a very special day!
Thank you for your beautiful words 🥰 Honestly Drew... The team at Whinlatter are 👌 just incredible. Totally reason enough to go there... And then the forest and the views... Just perfection! It was the perfect place to go to remember Ben ❤️❤️❤️
I just live a few miles from here I’ll have to try it one weekend 😎, glad you enjoyed it .
Oh you definitely will, it's so wonderful! You're lucky to live somewhere so awesome! 🥰
What a lovely tribute and a beautiful course.
Thanks Geoff, it was the perfect place to go to remember and to celebrate Ben's birthday 🥰
Thank you for sharing your day with us, I definitely did an ugly cry at the end... sending you both hugs x
Thanks Dave ❤️ there's no such thing as an ugly cry. I'm honoured that you felt the emotion for us. Much love 🤗🥰
I can see where Poppy gets her cheeky grin from! How cool is that composite photo of the three of you at the end. Oh, and this must be one of the most beautiful parkrun locations I've seen too.
I wished I could see more of Ben in Poppy but it's something other people see lots but I struggle to see. The parkrun is honestly just BEAUTIFUL! 😍 And the team are so welcoming and just wonderful 🤗
@@NicolaRuns it's weird, when Elliot was little he would flip between looking more like me or Sal. Now he's getting bigger he's becoming him but we still get glimpses of one or other of us when he makes a particular face.
It's lovely that this was Poppy's same parkrun number as Ben's total. You saying the huge t-shirts were like getting a big hug made me think it's as if Ben's sending her off on her own parkrun adventure now 🤗💛
@@lukedaniel7669 oh my goodness this brought a tear to my eye. That's a beautiful thought ❤️ I love that 🥰
What a beautiful tribute to your Ben. He lives on in Poppy that’s for sure. He would be so proud of the pair of you ❤️ stunning parkrun location too. Thanks for this video it made me both smile and cry xx
Oh Susie ❤️ thank you. Sorry for the tears but life is tough sometimes. That's why we always try to do something really positive on Ben's birthday because then it's something happy and it's creating memories for Poppy that, whilst Ben wasn't there, he was the reason we were there and that's really important 🥰 and you're right, the location was stunning, we couldn't have picked anywhere better to celebrate Ben's birthday 😍
Beautiful video in many ways Njc Njc - I shed a tear at 19:32.
Thank you 🥰 I'm trying to fight the temptation to add Ben to loads of photos of me and Poppy. There's something so lovely about seeing Ben with Poppy as a child. Poppy was only 2 when he died so it's really comforting for me to look at this. I didn't anticipate feeling that when I asked a friend to Photoshop it for us. Thank you for caring ❤️
I properly loved this, what an amazing parkrun. I am in awe of how you put these fantastic adventures together and capture them on film, so much positivity. What an amazing archive for Poppy to look back on in the future. Johns t-shirt! Genius and what a lovely team of volunteers. The route is gorgeous, the hugs in a parkrun top properly moving and the photos of you and Poppy and Ben and all together at the end properly had me in tears. Thanks for sharing. I love your vlogs, they are always moving and insightful, a treasure trove of captured memories.
Oh Lucy 🤗 thank you so much for taking the time to write this! How lovely 🥰 I'm so pleased you enjoy my videos and thank you for your beautiful words... Sorry it made you cry! I wish we had more videos with Ben, that's one of the reasons I love making them, it'll be nice for Poppy in the future ❤️❤️❤️ The team at Whinlatter were just incredible!!! The perfect place to celebrate Ben's birthday and remember happy memories 🥰
What a wonderful video Nicola. Stunning location (I LOVE the Lakes) and a lovely tribute. I'm sure Ben would be super proud of both you and Poppy - lovely photo created with the three of you, one to cherish
Thanks Rich, that's a lovely thing to say 🥰 I hope so 🤗 the lakes are definitely a special place to be and parkrunning there just makes it even better! 😃
So much to love about this video, probably the best one of yours I've seen. A fitting tribute to your husband.
Thank you Arron, that means a lot 🥰🤗
Ste and I really enjoyed this video of our favourite parkrun. I always stop to take photos of the views, and we often end up at Siskins twice when we do a walk afterwards! Next time you visit I recommend doing an Alpaca walk with Alpacaly Ever After, they are really fun!
Oh wow! Didn't know you could do that!!! It's the parkrun that just keeps giving ❤️❤️❤️ thanks for the recommendation. I totally see why it's your favourite 😍
What a great video - a wonderful way to make memories together and remember Ben on his birthday. And thank you for the reminders of Whinlatter - we were staying in Thornthwaite just before parkrun's return so missed doing it, but visited for walking and biking. Really want to go back to do the parkrun now!
Thank you 🤗 Oh yes, you should definitely go back at some point to parkrun as the team are worth the visit alone but it's awesome that you got to experience the forest anyway 🥰
Wonderful tribute, thank you for sharing. Lovely to see you had a great time. Might leave it a while longer before I go to Whinlatter Forest parkrun... (says he off to see the gruffalo in Hamsterley Forest this parkrunday).
Thank you 🤗 Well I'd recommend going in summer so there's a higher chance you'll get the stunning views so waiting a while is just perfect 😃 you're getting your Gruffalo fix this weekend anyway 🤷🏻♀️🤣
I loved this video Nicola, quite touching. What a lovely location too, another one to add to my list. 💛💛💛
Thank you 🤗 Put it near the top of your list! It's just beautiful in every way! 🥰
What an amazing vlog, just all the 💛 🥰
Thank you my lovely 🥰
Lovely thing to do on a day to remember ❤️
Thanks Ali 🥰 it was lovely to be somewhere spectacular and know that we were there because of Ben ❤️
Brought all the memories back. Great video and really nice family photos.
Thanks David 😊 pleased it reminded you of your time there 😃
Love the video! Hope to visit this parkrun one day. You've sold it to me!
Yay! Job done 😃 although TBF it kind of sells itself really 😍 you'll love it when you go, just forget that you're being timed and stop to enjoy where you are because 🤩🤩🤩
Undulating! 13:00 onwards is stunning and reminds me of my time in Portland OR, how I wish I could go back. Love the clothing BTW :)
Thanks 😃 Definitely undulating and definitely stunning! 😍
Aww Nicola this is just lovely! They are an amazing team at Whinlatter Forest (it has a special place in my heart as it was my first 5k activation as an event support ambassador) and I'm so glad you guys had a great day x
We had the best day! 😃 What a wonderful community and an incredible place! Thank you for the part you played in bringing this parkrun into the world 🥰
I’ve done it twice it’s brilliant, love your video
Thanks Jason 🤗 it's one I'd love to do again ☺️
It's my local park run well one of 3 really . Think it's a great one for to get started on if you fancy fell running . Really pleased you enjoyed it hopefully see you again up there
You're super lucky then! I would LOVE to be closer to this parkrun! What a glorious place to be 😍 the forest and the views and the people ❤️❤️❤️ I'd absolutely love to come back... Maybe in warmer weather! 😃
@@NicolaRuns yes wait until better weather it's really bad up here lately strong winds and rain
@@martinpenrice same here... I'm so ready for summer! 😃
Rest in peace Ben 🕯️
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I am new to your channel, just found you. Have you tried Alice Holt parkrun yet? Really hilly and has a great playground etc.
Hi John 👋 I've not tried Alice Holt yet... Are you recommending it? 🤔😃 Are there good views at the top of the hills? I do love a good playground 🙂
@@NicolaRuns There is good parking, a Grufallo Trail and a Go Ape, so is really geared nicely for the children, you can rent bikes and there’s a great cafe there, sadly no views but the parkrun route is nice and hilly. I recommend it when I need a tough run but is mainly on good paths. ☺️. Worth a visit if in the area!..
@@johnking7649 awesome, thanks. Sounds like one we would love 😃
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Thanks Josh 🥰
Next month it’s 22/2/22 and it’s on a Tuesday.
Shall we wear tutus? 😃 Otherwise we need to wait for October for a Saturday 🙃